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Fourteen senators of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday defected from their party to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and one female (APC) senator to (ADC) The senators in a joint letter to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, made their intention known. The letter reads: Dear Senate President, After due consultation, with our constituents and stakeholders in our constituency, …

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has stated that the invitation to him by the police to report to its station over the Offa robbery investigation is an afterthought which is designed to achieve political purpose. The police in a statement on Monday requested Mr Saraki report at its Guzape station by 8a.m. on Tuesday. Mr Saraki in a statement by …

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has entered the Senate chamber for the day’s plenary. Reports said the Senate President whose convoy was blocked by the police however, came down from his car and walked to the Senate chambers. Mr Saraki entered the chamber at 10:40a.m. and took the prayer a minute after. Mr Saraki’s appearance came after a siege on …

Nigerians on Twitter have reacted to the invitation extended to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, by the police. While many see the police’s summon as a ploy to stop Mr Saraki from leaving the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC); others, however, want him to honour the invitation as a citizen of the country. The police, in a statement on Monday, …

…as 4th National Council on Power commences in Benin City Edo State Government has frowned at the poor supply of electricity by the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) to residents of the state. Representative of Governor Godwin Obaseki and Commissioner for Energy and Water Resources, Hon. Yekini Idaiye, made the government’s position known while declaring open the 4th National Council …

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, lauded the extraordinary contributions of today’s service members, as he accepted a prestigious award from the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Dunford spoke on Monday in Kansas City, Missouri, at the VFW’s national convention after receiving the organization’s Dwight D. Eisenhower Award. “I have the honor …

Edo State Government in partnership with a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Haven for Rehabilitation and Reintegration Foundation, has completed a two-day empowerment program for ten Libya returnees. In his address, the Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Hon. Paul Ohonbamu said the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration will sustain training programs to restore the dignity to the returnees in the state, as part …

Acting minority leader of the House of Representatives, Chukwudi Onyema, has declared that he will become the House leader in a few days. Mr Onyema, popularly known as Chuchu, said this at the ongoing emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) at the party secretariat in Abuja. He said the PDP caucus in the …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday said cases of vote-buying was increasing in elections in the country because its administrative process could not be subverted. The Chairman of the commission, Mahmood Yakubu, made this known at the Public Presentation of 2018 Ekiti Governorship Election Observation Report by Election Monitors, a Civil Society Organisations (CSO) in Abuja. Mr Mahmood, …

The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has summoned Senate President Bukola Saraki over the killing of 31 persons following an armed robbery attack in his home state of Kwara. The police said 31 persons were killed in the April 5 attack which shocked the nation. Police said the suspects arrested in the attack confessed to being sponsored by Mr Saraki, …